ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,581, issued on June 23, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor devices and multi-bit flip-flop circuits having an asymmetrical row structure" was invented by Yi-Horng Chiou (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Kin-Hooi Dia (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first functional blocks formed in a plurality of first cell rows, and a plurality of second functional blocks formed in a plurality of second cell rows. The first functional blocks are configured to provide a first predetermined function. The second functional blocks are configured to provide a se...